Back to My Dad’s High School Days

Lu Tong directly vetoed, “No.”

Teacher Xiao Miao of Miao Miao’s class called Lu Tong and asked him to go to the office to take back Xiao Nan’s recent health records and the table of her eating conditions.

Because Qin Chu disliked the smell of milk on Xiao Nan’s body, he sat on the side with his mobile phone and started to play games.

Lu Tong indifferently pointed at Qin Chu who was playing the game on the side, “If he is like this as a father, then I will have to leave him the day after I get married.”

The parent from Miao Miao’s Class glanced at Qin Chu and then at Lu Tong.

The temperament of “I don’t want to get divorced. So what can I do? Just have to live like this.” was written all over the bodies of the two young “little husband and wife”.

The parent from Miao Miao’s class did not take Lu Tong’s words seriously at all. She had seen many young wives with sharp mouths and soft hearts1 like this.

Then she said, “The first time we became parents, it was like this too. Just be patient with your children and husband.”

The corners of Lu Tong’s mouth twitched, “He’s not my husband.”

It sounded weird.

Lu Tong shut up on his own and then changed his words after thinking for half a day, “We are not a couple. I’m an Alpha.”

The parent from Miao Miao’s class, “I understand~”…… What do you understand about this stuff?

Lu Tong simply ignored her.

Qin Shiwu looked at the little girl Lu Tong was holding, and his heart twitched, feeling sour.

He had grown up this big, and Lu Tong had never hugged him. But now that he competed for favor with Xiao Nan, it seemed that he wasn’t impressive enough. Moreover, if he made Lu Tong hug him now, it would be quite unsightly and indecent from the perspective of human aesthetics. So he simply gave up.

Qin Shiwu sat beside Qin Chu, feeling dejected, and continually let out long sighs.

He opened a can of Wangzai milk2 and drank it in an unoccupied corner to get drunk3.

After playing a few games, Qin Chu bumped his knee against Qin Shiwu’s, “Is there any more left? I’m thirsty.”

Qin Shiwu took out a can from his schoolbag.

The father and son had a can of Wangzai each. After drinking it, Qin Chu started to watch cartoons again.

Qin Shiwu leaned over and glanced. His father was watching One Piece.

The plot that was being broadcasted was about the time when Luffy’s brother was receiving the bento. Qin Chu remembered that the next scene was a bit bloody and inappropriate for children. So he patted Qin Shiwu on the head.

“You are not allowed to watch this.”

Qin Shiwu had the exact same aesthetics as his father. He was looking at it with enthusiasm, and he immediately refused to obey him, “Why won’t you let me see it?”

Qin Chu, “You are still young.”

Now as he recalled Qin Shiwu’s usual love of calling him “dad dad dad”, Qin Chu suddenly showed a little fatherly love to him, and added, “Cause I am your dad.”

After thinking for a while, he took out the tablet from his schoolbag, opened the interface, picked an episode of “Thomas and his Friends” to play, and stuffed it into Qin Shiwu’s arms.

“You watch this. It will help you grow up.”

And it was still in pure English.

Qin Shiwu was really annoyed that didn’t even wanna watch One Piece anymore. Thus he fixed his attention outside the kindergarten.

A black Audi slowly stopped at the entrance of the kindergarten.

Qin Shiwu stared at it for a while, feeling it to be a bit little familiar.

When the car door opened, a man came down from the Audi and it was Ren Yuanye.

Qin Shiwu said in his heart: The man who pried the screws away!

After that, he specifically went to make some inquiries about Ren Yuanye. He obtained the pieces of information after squatting at the entrance of the community of Lu Tong’s house and playing mahjong with a group of aunts from the neighborhood committee all afternoon.

This Ren Yuanye was said to be green plums and hobby horse4 with Lu Tong. It was just that he was five or six years older than Lu Tong, and their relationship had always been pretty good.

What is he doing here?

He had already met Ren Yuanye twice in a row.

Qin Shiwu was like an alert kitten and all the hair on his back exploded.

Qin Chu noticed that the little puppy next to him had suddenly become silent, and it was rare for him to stop for even a moment. When he turned his head, he saw that the other party’s gaze fell on Ren Yuanye.

Qin Chu looked over and let out a “tsk”.

“The soul of the deceased has not yet dispersed5.”

“For enemies, the road is narrow6.”

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

Qin Shiwu turned his head to look at Qin Chu, held his hand, and strongly agreed, “Great minds think alike7.”

Qin Chu, “Do you know who he is?”

Qin Shiwu, “He is Lu Tong’s neighbor. They grew up playing together and he is half green plums and hobby horse with him.”

Qin Chu put those four words, “green plums and hobby-horse” into his mouth to chew, and the more he tasted it the more annoyed he got.

Qin Shiwu, “But since ancient times green plums and hobby-horse cannot ascend. You can rest assured. I can see that he has no chance with Lu Tong.”

Qin Chu said indifferently, “It’s none of my business.”

Qin Shiwu asked, “Why is it none of your business?” He paused and changed his previous remark, “You are right. It doesn’t have anything to do with you at all.”

He hated iron for not becoming steel and thought: This is a major life event that has something to do with the two of us! Dad, if you don’t chase my mother, our predestined relationship of father and son fate in this life will be over…… Next year you will become Uncle Qin and this childhood sweetheart will become my father ah!

Qin Shiwu felt his name was nice to hear and did not want to change it to Ren Shiwu. But his father did nothing and blankly watched as Ren Yuanye met Lu Tong in the corridor.

“Big brother Xiao Yuan?”

Lu Tong greeted him.

Ren Yuanye asked, “Why are you here?” He glanced at the kindergarten, “How come I keep bumping into you outside lately? It’s so serendipitous!”

Lu Tong replied, “I’m here to pick up Old Zhao’s niece for her. What are you doing here?”

Ren Yuanye said, “A friend of mine works here and I just came to deliver something to him. Where are you going later? I’ll drop you there.”

Lu Tong thought about Qin Chu and Qin Shiwu – Qin Shiwu will be fine. He came alone and didn’t have a vehicle. So he wouldn’t refuse if he [RY] send him [QS] back. In comparison, it was more difficult to deal with Qin Chu. This person came by his own bike and he may not be happy to be sent by others.

When he was hesitant, Qin Shiwu happened to come up.

Ren Yuanye was taken aback when he saw Qin Shiwu, and he said with a smile, “Aren’t you the classmate of Lu Tong from last time? I was in a hurry at that time. So I didn’t have time to ask your name.”

Qin Shiwu believed that the one who came was ill-intentioned, so he vigilantly said, “Qi Delong.”

Ren Yuanye: ……?

Qin Chu followed up. Ren Yuanye looked at him, and he said boldly, “Qi Dongqiang.”

Qin Shiwu pointed at Xiao Nan whom Lu Tong was holding, “Qi Delong Dongqiang8.”

He paused, “Who else’s name do you want to ask?”

Lu Tong was speechless, “…… Can you be a bit normal?”

Ren Yuanye smiled, “Your friends are very interesting. I’ll take the stuff to my classmate and come back to you later.”

Qin Shiwu, “No need to bother, big brother. We still have an important itinerary in a while. So we won’t waste your time!”

Ren Yuanye said, “I’ll be free later. So I will send you guys back.”

He looked at his watch and said meaningfully, “At this time, your school is not over yet, right?”

Lu Tong’s face changed: It was the first time he was caught skipping classes.

Ren Yuanye finished speaking and left the three including Lu Tong.

Qin Shiwu urged them to leave quickly. So that they could avoid Ren Yuanye from availing himself of the loopholes. If you let him take Lu Tong away again, then they won’t be ablr to handle it anymore!

As a result, Ren Yuanye moved quickly.

Before Qin Shiwu could get out of the kindergarten, the other party’s phone call reached Lu Tong’s cell phone.

In the end, Lu Tong could only wait for Ren Yuanye at the entrance of the kindergarten.

After Ren Yuanye arrived, he opened the car’s door, “Let’s go, get in. Do you guys wanna go home or to school first?” He looked at Xiao Nan in Lu Tong’s arms and said, “Let’s go home first.”

Qin Shiwu would never surrender to his class enemy. He looked at Lu Tong and said, “Do you really want to take the car?”

Lu Tong was puzzled by his words, “Why not take it if there is a car?”

After saying that, he was going to get into the car.

Just as he opened the door, his arm was tugged.

Lu Tong’s hand that was holding Xiao Nan, almost loosened.

He turned his head to see that it was Qin Chu who was tugging at his arm, “Let go.”

Qin Chu, “Shall I send you?”

He shot a glance at Qin Shiwu.

Qin Shiwu immediately received the message from that eyes and he promptly pulled out Xiao Nan from Lu Tong’s embrace like pulling out a radish. Then Qin Shiwu decided to get into Ren Yuanye’s car while carrying Xiao Nan.

When Ren Yuanye saw him close the car’s door, he asked, “Xiao Lu is still not coming up?”

Qin Shiwu quickly said, “He has a boyfriend to send him.”

Yes, it was directly and unilaterally stamped.

“Boyfriend?” Ren Yuanye looked at him through the rearview mirror and laughed, “From where did he get a boyfriend? How come I didn’t know about it?”

Qin Shiwu slandered him in his heart: Why should he let you know that he has a boyfriend?

Ren Yuanye, “You all are still young. At this age, you should prioritize thinking about studying hard. Don’t just solely think about falling in love.” He looked at Qin Chu through the rearview mirror and shifted his line of sight, “It’s good that Xiao Lu made a new friend. But is he an adult yet? Riding such a dangerous thing now?”

Qin Shiwu said in his heart: Micromanager!

Lu Tong was speechless for a moment as he was dragged onto the motorcycle by Qin Chu.

“Why do I have to sit in your motorcycle when I have a nice Audi to sit in.”

Qin Chu, “Haven’t you heard the saying that I’d rather sit behind a bicycle and laugh than sit in a BMW and cry?”

Lu Tong, “Is this your bicycle?”

Qin Chu, “The ones with two wheels are pretty much the same.” He, “You still have the smell of my pheromone on you. Aren’t you afraid that that big brother Yuan of yours will find out?”

Lu Tong thought: So what if he knows? How is it his business?

On second thought, it was not good for Ren Yuanye to know about it.

Once he knew, Lu Zhiyan would definitely be able to know about it as well.

Lu Tong was very much troubled by his father and felt that what Qin Chu said was reasonable.

“Yeah.”

He graciously admitted it.

In Qin Chu’s eyes, that was not the case.

He doesn’t want Ren Yuanye to know that he was temporarily marked?

Isn’t that because he likes him!

F***……

He really likes him……

Is he more than just a childhood friend? Is he his white moonlight in addition to that?

What was Lu Tong’s taste?

That male A was just like plain water. What’s there to like?

Qin Chu mounted the motorcycle. His face was obviously black and there weren’t any warning signs before his expressions changed.

Lu Tong was already used to seeing this son of a b*** being moody. He simply didn’t feel like treating his princess illness and allowed him to be angry by himself.

After sending Xiao Nan to Old Zhao’s house, Ren Yuanye checked the time and it was time to eat.

After squandering time, the Provincial No. 1 High School had already dismissed students at the end of the school day. So Ren Yuanye said, “Let’s go eat something. My treat.”

Qin Shiwu didn’t want to go at first. But he must not give Lu Tong and this male A an opportunity to spend time alone. After suffering untold hardships, he dragged Qin Chu away.

As he was really considerate of Lu Tong, the restaurant Ren Yuanye found was near the school. After dinner, he would be able to go back to study at night.

The restaurant did not support meal ordering, and what to eat was ordered by the waiter.

Ren Yuanye and Lu Tong walked together, and Qin Shiwu watched them from behind while gritting his teeth. He looked back at Qin Chu who was playing a game in his seat and he was filled with despair at the probability of his future birth.

He finally understood why so many parents liked to scold their sons for not working hard for something and he now wanted to scold his father too: Loser!

He was so angry that his liver hurted.

Ren Yuanye ordered a few of Lu Tong’s favorite meals and suddenly spoke, “Xiao Lu, don’t you have anything to tell me?”

Lu Tong said, “Nothing. What’s wrong?”

Ren Yuanye shook his head and laughed, “I feel some changes in you. If you don’t want to talk to me about it, then forget it. However, if there is anything, you can call me directly.”

Lu Tong’s expression stiffened.

What other changes could there be in him?

Isn’t it just the matter of the secondary differentiation?

Ren Yuanye was really scrupulous and knew him very well too. He was afraid that he got suspicious the last time they met.

Qin Shiwu looked at the two of them getting closer and closer, and his heart became more and more annoyed.

In his eyes, Ren Yuanye instantly became a male vixen who was seducing Lu Tong and make him cheat in marriage. No matter how much he looked at it, he was a whore and a green tea9.

Still laughing? You white lotus10 ah!

Alarms started to ring in Qin Shiwu’s heart and he secretly said: The level is too high! This big brother is gonna join the army on behalf of his father and settle this trouble before his eyes.

The waiter reached out to introduce a beggar’s chicken11 and spoke, “Sir, this is our restaurant’s signature dish, called ……”

Qin Shiwu immediately squeezed in between Ren Yuanye and Lu Tong and pushed the two apart by solely relying on his own strength. He looked at Ren Yuanye in an ominous manner, and then looked at the beggar’s chicken. He pointed at the beggar’s chicken, and mocked the male vixen, snatching the waiter’s words, “— It’s called ‘A chicken 12

Translator’s corner

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1

Bark more than bite

23

Best of luck on that.

4

fig. innocent children’s games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends

5

fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive

6

fig. rivals inevitably cross paths

7

lit. heroes usually agree (idiom)

8

It’s a reference from a From Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan’s 2008 Spring Festival Gala sketch “Torchbearer”.

9

(slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities

10

“白莲花” means “white lotus blossom” and “奖” means “award.” The term “white lotus” is Internet slang that refers to someone, usually a woman, who pretends to be sweet and innocent while is often engaged in manipulation and scheming. On Nov. 1, the first Firestone Literary Awards took place in Beijing. A crowd of Chinese authors showed up at the ceremony, where a list of awards was announced, including Best Short Story, Best Novel, and the one that stole the whole show — the White Lotus Award, a special prize dedicated to the best plagiarized works. The winner went to Qin Jian with her online work “The Poisonous Daughter,” which was already adapted into popular online drama series “The Princess Weiyang.”

11

This is the beggar’s chicken and if ya wanna read the origin of this dish, you can just type 叫花鸡 and you can find it in zhidao baidu.

12

Chicken is a slang word for pro***tute also have to follow some etiquette of a woman’.”